Memory phrase for the Kanji: 塗

塗

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Meaning painting, plaster, coat

Pronunciation

TO
nuru

Explanation

Top: 涂 (water 氵, in excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on an altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), bottom: earth/ground 土

Mnemonic
 
The water remains on the ground look like a painting.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
余 in excessA heap is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.
土 earthground, soil
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 Vocabulary

塗る ぬる  to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish

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